The Plano West Chamber Orchestra is pleased to be named the state champion 2019 TMEA String Honor Orchestra! This win marks our state-record 8th selection as a Texas honor orchestra. The Chamber Orchestra will now have the opportunity to perform at the TMEA Convention in San Antonio in February 2019.

We are also extremely proud of our feeder high schools, Jasper and Shepton. Both schools did well in the competition, and Jasper High School is the only non-varsity orchestra from the state to crack the finals. The success we have at Plano West is absolutely rooted in the excellent music instructions our students receive at Jasper, Shepton, Rice, Robinson, Renner, Frankford, and our community of private music instructors.

We are pleased to share that Plano West Chamber Orchestra has been named National Winners in the Mark of Excellence’s National Orchestra Honors.

The Chamber Orchestra was named a National Winner in the string orchestra category, submitting last year’s performances of Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 3, movement 1, and Thomas Canning’s Fantasy on a Hymn Tune by Justin Morgan.